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Tornado Warning 12, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

April 23, 2008Howard County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at Apr 23, 2008, 6:35 PM CDT for Howard County, Texas. It was in force for 25 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 23, 2008, 6:35 PM CDT (23:35 UTC)
Expired
Apr 23, 2008, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Howard County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 23, 3:25 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 89 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Midland Regional, TX at 12:00Z on 2008-04-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2797 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Midland Regional, TX at 12:00Z on 2008-04-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 219 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
2797 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-117 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
758 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
219 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
211 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.8
Supercell composite
13.3

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WFUS54 KMAF 232335
TORMAF
TXC227-240000-
/O.NEW.KMAF.TO.W.0012.080423T2335Z-080424T0000Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
635 PM CDT WED APR 23 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTH CENTRAL HOWARD COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS...

* UNTIL 700 PM CDT

* AT 632 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR VEALMOOR...
  OR 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF BIG SPRING...MOVING EAST AT 23 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
  FAIRVIEW...
  LUTHER...

A TORNADO MAY FORM AT ANY TIME... TAKE COVER NOW. ABANDON MOBILE
HOMES AND VEHICLES FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS.

LAT...LON 3252 10136 3232 10140 3241 10166 3252 10165
      3252 10156 3251 10150 3252 10148
TIME...MOT...LOC 2335Z 289DEG 20KT 3244 10157

$$

05
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS54 KMAF 232342
SVSMAF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
642 PM CDT WED APR 23 2008

TXC227-240000-
/O.CON.KMAF.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-080424T0000Z/
HOWARD TX-
642 PM CDT WED APR 23 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR NORTH
CENTRAL HOWARD COUNTY...

AT 637 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
DETECT A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR LUTHER...OR ABOUT 12
MILES NORTH OF BIG SPRING...MOVING EAST AT 29 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE TORNADO INCLUDE...CENTRAL HOWARD 
COUNTY INCLUDING LUTHER.

A TORNADO MAY FORM AT ANY TIME... TAKE COVER NOW. ABANDON MOBILE
HOMES AND VEHICLES FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS.

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO... THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 
LARGE HAIL TO BASEBALL SIZE AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS OF 
UP TO 70 MPH. SEEK SAFE SHELTER NOW.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS.

LAT...LON 3252 10136 3246 10137 3246 10138 3237 10139
      3236 10140 3232 10140 3240 10161 3251 10162
TIME...MOT...LOC 2342Z 289DEG 26KT 3241 10150

$$

05
000 
WWUS54 KMAF 232345
SVSMAF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
645 PM CDT WED APR 23 2008

TXC227-240000-
/O.CON.KMAF.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-080424T0000Z/
HOWARD TX-
645 PM CDT WED APR 23 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR NORTH
CENTRAL HOWARD COUNTY...

AT 642 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AND STORM
SPOTTERS WERE TRACKING A LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO.  THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR LUTHER...OR ABOUT 11 MILES NORTH OF BIG
SPRING...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE TORNADO INCLUDE...CENTRAL HOWARD 
COUNTY.

THE TORNADO WILL LIKELY CROSS FM 669 NORTH OF BIG SPRING BETWEEN 
FAIRVIEW AND LUTHER.

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE... SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT... SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT... DITCH OR
LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS.

LAT...LON 3252 10136 3246 10137 3246 10138 3237 10139
      3236 10140 3232 10140 3240 10161 3251 10162
TIME...MOT...LOC 2345Z 289DEG 26KT 3240 10148

$$

05

The office that day

Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 23, 5:48 AM CDTRed Flag WarningMAFLoving14 hr
Apr 23, 9:34 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBorden, Dawson56 min
Apr 23, 10:09 AM CDTTornado WarningMAFBorden66 min
Apr 23, 12:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBorden45 min
Apr 23, 12:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBorden, Scurry34 min
Apr 23, 1:40 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFBorden3 hr
Apr 23, 2:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFScurry41 min
Apr 23, 2:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos66 min
Apr 23, 2:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBorden27 min
Apr 23, 2:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFDawson, Gaines59 min
Apr 23, 2:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFScurry56 min
Apr 23, 2:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFCrane, Pecos49 min
Apr 23, 2:56 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFScurry49 min
Apr 23, 3:18 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFDawson42 min
Apr 23, 3:21 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFScurry20 min
Apr 23, 3:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGaines62 min
Apr 23, 4:00 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFDawson30 min
Apr 23, 4:04 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFGaines41 min
Apr 23, 4:23 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFBorden37 min
Apr 23, 4:49 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFDawson, Gaines41 min
Apr 23, 5:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBorden42 min
Apr 23, 5:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGaines23 min
Apr 23, 5:28 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFDawson47 min
Apr 23, 5:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFScurry22 min
Apr 23, 5:43 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFMartin47 min
Apr 23, 6:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBorden, Dawson, Howard25 min
Apr 23, 6:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFDawson29 min
Apr 23, 6:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFHoward24 min
Apr 23, 6:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFDawson45 min
Apr 23, 6:55 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFHoward25 min

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.